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Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection

De :
Arthur Conan Doyle,
Stephen Fry - introductions

Lu par :
Stephen Fry

Durée : 71 h et 57 min

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Ever since he made his first appearance in
A Study In Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes has enthralled and delighted millions of fans throughout the world. Now Audible is proud to present Arthur Conan Doyle's
Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection, read by Stephen Fry. A lifelong fan of Doyle's detective fiction, Fry has narrated the complete works of Sherlock Holmes - four novels and five collections of short stories.

5 out of 5 stars

Grande qualité

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Agnes
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16/09/2017

Mythos

De :
Stephen Fry

Lu par :
Stephen Fry

Durée : 15 h et 25 min

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The Greek myths are amongst the greatest stories ever told, passed down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce and Walt Disney. They are embedded deeply in the traditions, tales and cultural DNA of the West. You'll fall in love with Zeus, marvel at the birth of Athena, wince at Cronus and Gaia's revenge on Ouranos, weep with King Midas and hunt with the beautiful and ferocious Artemis.

5 out of 5 stars

Passionnant et tellement bien lu

Écrit par :
Cheerioh
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03/01/2019

1984

De :
George Orwell

Lu par :
Andrew Wincott

Durée : 12 h et 19 min

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Big Brother is watching you.... 1984 is the year in which it happens. The world is divided into three superstates. In Oceania, the Party’s power is absolute. Every action, word, gesture and thought is monitored under the watchful eye of Big Brother and the Thought Police. In the Ministry of Truth, the Party’s department for propaganda, Winston Smith’s job is to edit the past. Over time, the impulse to escape the machine and live independently takes hold of him and he embarks on a secret and forbidden love affair.

5 out of 5 stars

Slightly monotone but fitting for the setting

Écrit par :
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12/01/2019

Norse Mythology

De :
Neil Gaiman

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Neil Gaiman

Durée : 6 h et 29 min

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Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura rendition of the great northern tales. In
Norse Mythology, Gaiman fashions primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds; delves into the exploits of the deities, dwarves, and giants; and culminates in Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods and the rebirth of a new time and people.

5 out of 5 stars

Týr

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Daniel Nichola
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Permanent Record

De :
Edward Snowden

Lu par :
Holter Graham

Durée : 11 h et 31 min

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Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down.

5 out of 5 stars

Very interesting and enjoyable. Excellent narration.

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Terry Pratchett: BBC Radio Drama Collection

Seven BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations

De :
Terry Pratchett

Lu par :
Martin Jarvis,
Sheila Hancock,
Anton Lesser,
and others

Durée : 13 h et 13 min

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Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different. Collected together for the first time are seven full-cast BBC Radio dramatisations of Terry Pratchett’s novels, with star-studded casts including Martin Jarvis, Sheila Hancock, Anton Lesser, Philip Jackson, Alex Jennings and Mark Heap.

4 out of 5 stars

Good listen

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10/06/2019

Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection

De :
Arthur Conan Doyle,
Stephen Fry - introductions

Lu par :
Stephen Fry

Durée : 71 h et 57 min

Version intégrale

Global

5 out of 5 stars
103

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Ever since he made his first appearance in
A Study In Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes has enthralled and delighted millions of fans throughout the world. Now Audible is proud to present Arthur Conan Doyle's
Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection, read by Stephen Fry. A lifelong fan of Doyle's detective fiction, Fry has narrated the complete works of Sherlock Holmes - four novels and five collections of short stories.

5 out of 5 stars

Grande qualité

Écrit par :
Agnes
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16/09/2017

Mythos

De :
Stephen Fry

Lu par :
Stephen Fry

Durée : 15 h et 25 min

Version intégrale

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5 out of 5 stars
134

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Greek myths are amongst the greatest stories ever told, passed down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce and Walt Disney. They are embedded deeply in the traditions, tales and cultural DNA of the West. You'll fall in love with Zeus, marvel at the birth of Athena, wince at Cronus and Gaia's revenge on Ouranos, weep with King Midas and hunt with the beautiful and ferocious Artemis.

5 out of 5 stars

Passionnant et tellement bien lu

Écrit par :
Cheerioh
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03/01/2019

1984

De :
George Orwell

Lu par :
Andrew Wincott

Durée : 12 h et 19 min

Version intégrale

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Big Brother is watching you.... 1984 is the year in which it happens. The world is divided into three superstates. In Oceania, the Party’s power is absolute. Every action, word, gesture and thought is monitored under the watchful eye of Big Brother and the Thought Police. In the Ministry of Truth, the Party’s department for propaganda, Winston Smith’s job is to edit the past. Over time, the impulse to escape the machine and live independently takes hold of him and he embarks on a secret and forbidden love affair.

5 out of 5 stars

Slightly monotone but fitting for the setting

Écrit par :
Thomas King
le
12/01/2019

Norse Mythology

De :
Neil Gaiman

Lu par :
Neil Gaiman

Durée : 6 h et 29 min

Version intégrale

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71

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65

Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura rendition of the great northern tales. In
Norse Mythology, Gaiman fashions primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds; delves into the exploits of the deities, dwarves, and giants; and culminates in Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods and the rebirth of a new time and people.

5 out of 5 stars

Týr

Écrit par :
Daniel Nichola
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10/04/2020

Permanent Record

De :
Edward Snowden

Lu par :
Holter Graham

Durée : 11 h et 31 min

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Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down.

5 out of 5 stars

Very interesting and enjoyable. Excellent narration.

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25/04/2020

Terry Pratchett: BBC Radio Drama Collection

Seven BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations

De :
Terry Pratchett

Lu par :
Martin Jarvis,
Sheila Hancock,
Anton Lesser,
and others

Durée : 13 h et 13 min

Enregistrement original

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Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different. Collected together for the first time are seven full-cast BBC Radio dramatisations of Terry Pratchett’s novels, with star-studded casts including Martin Jarvis, Sheila Hancock, Anton Lesser, Philip Jackson, Alex Jennings and Mark Heap.

4 out of 5 stars

Good listen

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10/06/2019

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

De :
Neil deGrasse Tyson

Lu par :
Neil deGrasse Tyson

Durée : 3 h et 41 min

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What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson. But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in digestible chapters consumable anytime and anywhere in your busy day.

5 out of 5 stars

loved it

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Bastol
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18/05/2019

Good Omens

De :
Neil Gaiman,
Terry Pratchett

Lu par :
Martin Jarvis

Durée : 12 h et 33 min

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The world will end on Saturday. Next Saturday. Just before dinner, according to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655. The armies of Good and Evil are amassing, and everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture. And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist.

3 out of 5 stars

Sometime hard to follow

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15/07/2019

The Colour of Magic

Discworld, Book 1

De :
Terry Pratchett

Lu par :
Nigel Planer

Durée : 6 h et 55 min

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The Colour of Magic, the first novel in Terry Pratchett's wildly imaginative Discworld series, takes the listener on a remarkable journey. The magical planet of Discworld is supported by four massive elephants who stand on the back of the Great A'Tuin, a giant turtle swimming slowly through the mysterious interstellar gulf. An eccentric expedition sets out to explore the planet, encountering dragons who only exist if you believe in them, and, of course, "The Edge" of the planet.

4 out of 5 stars

excellent story, great reader, tech quality medioc

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28/02/2019

Animal Farm

De :
George Orwell

Lu par :
Simon Callow

Durée : 3 h et 11 min

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Animal Farm is George Orwell's great socio-political allegory set in a farmyard where the animals decide to seize the farmer's land and create a co-operative that reaps the benefits of their combined labours. However, as with all great political plans, some animals see a bigger share of the rewards than others and the animals start to question their supposed utopia.

5 out of 5 stars

One of the best books I've ever listened to

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Adrien
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07/06/2017

The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft

De :
H.P. Lovecraft

Lu par :
Andrew Leman,
Sean Branney

Durée : 51 h et 40 min

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For the first time ever, the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society has produced an audio recording of all of Lovecraft's stories. These are not dramatizations like our Dark Adventure Radio Theatre - rather, this is an audiobook of the original stories, in all-new, never-before-heard recordings made by the HPLHS' own Andrew Leman and Sean Branney exclusively for this collection. This collection spans his entire career from his earliest surviving works of childhood to stories completed shortly before his death. All tales include original music by HPLHS composer Troy Sterling Nies.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Book 1

De :
J.K. Rowling

Lu par :
Stephen Fry

Durée : 9 h et 33 min

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Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!

5 out of 5 stars

Potterhead approved !

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Malex | malexisreading
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13/03/2017

The Silmarillion

De :
J. R. R. Tolkien

Lu par :
Martin Shaw

Durée : 14 h et 49 min

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The complete unabridged audiobook of J.R.R Tolkien's
The Silmarillion.
The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in
The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part.

5 out of 5 stars

Masterfull

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Roel Vinckens
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15/07/2017

The Grapes of Wrath

De :
John Steinbeck

Lu par :
John Chancer

Durée : 19 h et 58 min

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Shocking and controversial when it was first published, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of Dust Bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of the Joad family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel west in search of the promised land.

5 out of 5 stars

une histoire hélas toujours vivante

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Haude
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08/05/2016

The Martian

De :
Andy Weir

Lu par :
Wil Wheaton

Durée : 10 h et 59 min

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Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.

4 out of 5 stars

missing RC Bray's voice...

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Sham
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12/04/2020

The Last Wish

De :
Andrzej Sapkowski

Lu par :
Peter Kenny

Durée : 10 h et 27 min

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Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers and lifelong training have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary killer: he hunts the vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. But not everything monstrous-looking is evil; not everything fair is good...and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent!!!

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Daniel Nichola
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16/02/2020

Catch-22

De :
Joseph Heller

Lu par :
Jay O. Sanders

Durée : 19 h et 58 min

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Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy - it is his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to excuse himself from the perilous missions he's assigned, he'll be in violation of Catch-22.

5 out of 5 stars

Quel chef d'oeuvre!

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17/01/2019

The Name of the Wind

Kingkiller Chronicle, Book 1

De :
Patrick Rothfuss

Lu par :
Nick Podehl

Durée : 27 h et 55 min

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This is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man's search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend.

5 out of 5 stars

The best story ever

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Darnaryel Fantaisie
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26/06/2017

Avis de l'équipe

Master of comedy Stephen Fry delivers a brilliant audiobook narration of the best-selling novel
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, written by Douglas Adams. Arthur Dent is a very British man having a very bad day. He discovers his friend is an alien and he’s taken off earth just as it’s destroyed to make way for a galaxy highway. To make matters worse, he hasn’t even had his morning cup of tea yet. This ingeniously constructed story takes a humorous look at how something as precious as Earth isn’t always appreciated until it’s gone. A lighthearted and enjoyable listen. Available now from Audible.

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One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be more than he can cope with. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun, and the Galaxy is a very strange and startling place.

one of the best books I have ever listened to

narrator: perfectstory: perfecteasy to listen tojust excellence at its finestone of the best books I ever listened to

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Matthew

08/01/2014

Stephen Fry is so, so good

This is just so damn British. I’m afraid my enjoyment for this book was enhanced a little too much by nostalgic memories of offbeat britcoms like Blackadder and (especially) Red Dwarf.

Speaking of influences I can’t help but wonder if—the very American—Futurama was partly inspired by Hitchhikers? Did anyone else notice the striking resemblance between Zapp Brannigan and Zaphod Beeblebrox? I had an image of Zapp in my mind every time Zaphod appeared on the page.

But back to Britain… when I learned the critical component of the Infinite Improbability Drive was a cup of hot tea… let’s just say it warmed my heart and provoked a spontaneous, gentle smile.

Apart from being terribly British, it’s also dreadfully amusing and easy-to-read. I loved it.

As for Stephen Fry’s narration of this audio-version --- *sigh* --- the man is a genius and has remained consistently on my list of “Fantasy Dinner Party Invitees” for the last 15 years so—obviously I would like to hack into the Audible website and somehow assign a sixth star in the category of “performance”.

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Rune

26/11/2012

Hitchhiker never fails to entertain

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I'm not the sort of person who recommends things to my friends - they're just so finicky. However, should I find out that a friend is a Hitchhiker's fan AND a Stephen Fry fan AND they ask me if it was any good I'd tell them, "Yes, yes and yes!"

The performance of this story that I know so well brought me new laughs and enjoyment.

What a shame the story reminded me of how old I am by reminding me of how old it is.

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Amazon Customer

01/05/2017

"Mice, they paid for earth." Mind Blowing.

Love to Love it, Stephen Fry made it better, as a matter of fact, he is undoubtedly the best at these sort of entertainment.

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Stelio

02/06/2013

My Memories have been Fry'ed...

always loved Douglas Adams as a young Adult and was meaning to re read the trilogy (in four parts of course) in any case.

this was well worth the buy as Stephen Fry really does an outstanding performance, just bringing the book to life. This must be the best version of this work in my opinion, much netter than reading the book myself or watching the movie.

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Sonia

01/10/2012

Always a winner

I read this book when I was 20. Over a decade later, I thought it was about time to re-read it. So, with a puzzle in front of me, I began listening to this funny story once again. I just did it to feel good, to laugh, and to reminisce.

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Anonymous User

06/05/2020

Very Funny Reading

Stephen Fry is a master story teller. kep me entertained throughout the book.

The writer did a very good job. Will now read the sequel.

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linda

21/04/2020

always amazing to read/ listen

started listening on a Sunday late afternoon and finished it the next Monday it's such a captivating and fun story you can't help but wasn't to listen continuously

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Tori K

03/02/2020

Stephen Fry is amazing

Watched the movie first, then read the book, and now the audiobook. Always loved the story but Stephen Fry takes it up a notch with his voices. A marked 42% improvement over reading it yourself.

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Louise

11/11/2019

Brilliant

Stephen Fry does a brilliant job narrating this exciting and hilarious sci-fi novel. I look forward to listening to this again in the future.

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Gary Dale Cearley

26/05/2019

I can’t believe I waited so long to tackle this one!

The story meanders and some of the names are outlandish (but, of course!), yet the wit in both the dialogue and narration make this book a real gem. I’m not a science fiction aficionado but I loved this one and would highly recommend it. The humor is dripping from every page.

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Robin Borntraeger

12/12/2018

great sorry. bad audio quality

the story is a brilliant hilarious mockery of philosophy that is magnificently portrait by Stephen Fry.

Unfortunately, the performance looses points due to the underperforming sound editing team. the sound falls out always at the beginning of the chapter and at the end. very unfortunate. the entire story misses approximately 2 minutes which ruins the point of even buying it. very sad

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C.W.Franz

06/12/2015

A perfect match

Fry and Adams - what a marvellous combination. Douglas Adams' classic literally comes to life through his friend's vivid, funny and clever recitation. A joy from start to end, a story so peculiar and fascinating it flows seamlessly into the reader's mind. Highly recommended!

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pitpat

20/01/2015

Amazing

This book might be even better as an audio book than as a traditional one. The narrator is SO GOOD. Liked the Stanley Parable? You'll LOVE this